"It was only four tracks on the machine, but I was picking up twenty from the extraterrestrial squad."
- Lee "Scratch" Perry
100dBs is a producer and DJ living in Brooklyn. He's released two albums with MC Ryan-O'Neil and a slew of mixes delving deep into hip hop, reggae and soul. His signature DJ style blends performance and selection: astral echo pedal on a wild crate-digger's chase through the genealogy of a tune.
He came up listening to Kraftwerk and Giorgio Moroder, thanks to the bootleg cassettes his mother managed to bring with her from Cold War Romania. An adolescent encounter with a Lee Perry record flipped his whole world and led to formative dub experiments on an old four-track. He got his start spinning hip hop nights on the Lower East Side and has toured the U.S. and Canada since. He's rocked parties for burners, breakers, Berlin artists and Brooklyn's reggae revivalists. Reviews of his work have appeared in Rolling Stone, Okayplayer, Stereogum and Urb.
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New York
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Brooklyn:
- Coney Island Boardwalk
- Bell House
- Knitting Factory
- Brooklyn Bowl
- Southpaw
- Oulu
- Supreme Trading
- Eastern District
- Bushwick Music Studios
- Rockstar Bar
- Beauty Bar
- Sunny's
- Zebulon
- The Lake
- The Monro Pub
- Port Royal
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Buffalo:
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Manhattan:
- Rocks Off Concert Cruises
- Knitting Factory
- Highline Ballroom
- The Fillmore at Irving Plaza
- Bowery Ballroom
- Lotus
- Continental
- Gallery Bar
- Happy Ending
- Sin Sin / Leopard Lounge
- 205
- Belmont Lounge
- Pianos
- China1
- Midway
- Niagara
- Fontana's
- Motor City
- Radio Lily
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Long Island:
Colorado
DC
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Washington:
- Rock & Roll Hotel
- Wonderland Ballroom
- Patty Boom Boom
- Jimmy Valentine's
Illinois
Indiana
Louisiana
Maryland
Massachussetts
Michigan
Missouri
North Carolina
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Raleigh:
- Mirage
- White Collar Crime
Ohio
Pennsylvania
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Harrisburg:
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Philly:
- Theatre of the Living Arts
- Adidas Originals Store
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Pittsburgh:
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West Chester:
Tennessee
Vermont
Canada
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Guelph:
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Toronto:
Germany
Institutions
- University of Maryland
- Johns Hopkins University
- American University
- College of Wooster
- Hobart & William Smith Colleges
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